Central Coast Council area

In the Central Coast Council area, there are more younger workers (15 to 44 years) than older workers (45 year and over) in the local resident worker population.

The Age Structure of the Central Coast Council area's local resident workers is indicative of the residential role and function of the local area. This includes factors such as when the area was settled; what types of households live there; the level of access the area has to employment, services and facilities; the local dwelling stock characteristics (including cost of housing); local amenity and a range of other factors that attract people to an area.

The age structure of Central Coast Council area's local resident workers is indicative of the skill-levels and experience that local businesses can draw upon. For example, younger resident workers, while less experienced, is typically more mobile and has higher level skills in use of new technologies.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id, the population experts.

Change in local resident workers age structure, 2006 to 2011

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the local labour force age structure of the Central Coast Council area in 2011 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a higher proportion of people in the younger age groups (15 to 44 years) as well as a higher proportion of people in the older age groups (45 years and over).

Overall, 56.8% of the local labour force was aged under 45 years, compared to 59.5% for New South Wales. 43.2% were aged 45 years and over, compared to 40.4727 for New South Wales.

The major differences between the local labour force age structure of the Central Coast Council area and New South Wales were:

A larger percentage of local labour force aged 45 to 54 years (24.6% compared to 22.6%)

A larger percentage of local labour force aged 15 to 24 years (16.0% compared to 14.5%)

A larger percentage of local labour force aged 55 to 64 years (15.5% compared to 14.4%)

A smaller percentage of local labour force aged 25 to 34 years (17.9% compared to 21.9%)

Emerging groups

From 2006 to 2011, Central Coast Council area's local labour force population increased by 10,292 people (8.5%). This represents an average annual change of 1.65% per year over the period.

The largest changes in the local labour force age structure in the Central Coast Council area between 2006 and 2011 were in the age groups:

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